Updated 2:29 pm, Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Authorities are asking the public to help them identify a man they say shot and wounded a clerk during a robbery at a pawn shop in southeast Houston earlier this month.

The robbery happened about 9:40 a.m. Nov. 20 at the business in the 3800 block of Broadway, officials said.

Officials said the man wore a mask and brandished two handguns as he walked into the shop. He ordered everyone inside to lie on the ground. Then he told the clerk to give him the money from the cash register and jewelry from display cases. He fired one shot at the clerk, hitting him in the leg. The victim's condition was not released.

The suspect left the store and drove away in a car he hijacked from a bystander in the parking lot. The car was found abandoned nearby a short time later.

The man is described only as being heavy-set. He wore a black, long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, black gloves and a camouflage mask, which partially covered his face.

Anyone with information about the suspect's identity is urged to contact Crime Stoppers of Houston at 713 222-TIPS or online at crime-stoppers.org. Tips can also be submitted by text message. Text TIP610 and tips to CRIMES.

Crime Stoppers will pay up to $15,000 for any information that leads to the suspect's arrest or felony charges being filed against him.

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